Sepulcher-cover.



H. B. WEIPBR. SEPULGHBR COVER APPLICATION FILED AUG Ilmelna sept. 16, 1913,

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'This invention relates toan improvement l innsepulchers by which .aspeedy construe tionv and closing-after interment .is possible, obviating the-necessity yof building vaults7 which are .generallyconstructed during the `vlifetime of those `who desire .to escape the 'upderground burying in their .-ina-l` resting p ace. v

The object of. my invention is -to lproyide yinia combined form, a sanitary, economical, and esthetic Way 'to 'disposeof the-dead. A. rivay, in which the underground bur-ying is entirely obviated. The tombstone becomes superfluous andthe coffin With its customary rough box can be dispensed withif--desired From a sanitary standpoint it Will satisfy all reasonable demands. `Ghemicals may be placed in such a sepulcher when hermetically sealed to retard or .prevent 'decomposition of the body, but even'without c'he'm'i'cal treat-ment infectious germs can not escapel from such a tomb to injure anyone, nor could Water percolate through 1t to dissolve the poisonous ptomaines, (which always de velop in decaying bodies) and carry them v downward to contaminate springs or Wells, as the water can and often does do through the unsanitary earth grave with its Wooden rough box and coffin. These Wooden art-icles are also liable to an early decay and let the ground come down upon the body. The grave caves in and With severe rains its external appearance is often destroyed or entirely lost. All t-his-cannot happen, With my new sepulcher, which is to be built into the earth, (preferably outof concrete) but so that its Walls will also reach a little abovel ground, where it is to loe closed with an everlasting cover, one uponivhich the ele ments, such as fire, Wind or Water, can have no destructive influence, nor the tooth of time, as far as human reason can foresee. Such a sepulcher cover can be made with concrete, reinforced by metallic embeddings, Witlrvery little cost. But where economy is not required can Aalso b'e made highly orna- 'mental and to carry the emblems of the diflferent orders and creeds, also the sepulchral inscription and thereby substitute the old Lfashioned tombstone, .forming a .monument which cannot tumble over, like tonihstones can often be sconto doin nearly everycemetery.

That some people have been buried-alive, is only too true. My invention may also .prove uiseful to preventsuch a .horrible occurrence, .as the Asepnlcher cover can be gplacedvso .as .to leave an air space for as many days as desired. llllirescreening being usedto cover the space to prevent the entrance vof vermin until .permanently closed.

vSuch a sepulcher as I will nonv describe with reference to the accompanying draw ings, can be constructed quickly -after the death of any person, in -less `time than the body is generally retained et homebefore interment. sepulcher coverfofv course,

would (havepto vbe manufactured 4in-.edvance and kept on hand to close the sepulcher-.after interment-,v i-he=sepulcher.can also .be made in Vonesolid .piecersimilar-.to the coverfsofas to be on hand when needed under adverse Condition, for instance in very lo\v' places Where 'the vvater yis troublesome, .and 'would inter'fere with the Walling up with cement blocks or plates.

Figure l is a view of the sepulcher 'cover as it Will appear in connection with vthe upper part of the sepulcher when closed, and carrying the inscription. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the complete sepulcher, showingthe cover in cross section, the metallic pipesv and wire netting embedded therein. Also the metallic bed-stead which'may be used in place of the Collin. Fig. 3 is a view of a horizontal section of the sepulcher cover showing the metallic pipes and Wire netting` embedded therein. Fig. a shows the se ulcher cover parti cemented in" on the .oft hand side, the right side as appears before the green cement is applied. l

Similar numerals are employed to indicate corresponding:- parts .in the. different views. y

Referring to the drawings numeral l designates the sepulcher cover. 4Vits construe.

tion is very simple. ln a mold of the size and shape desired and deep enough to make the cover about .four inches thick, a layer of green cement is applied to till the .mold about half. The metallic reinforcements are then .placed thereon, as soon as set enough to carry y to shape the top of cover as desired.

Numeral 2 designates the Walls of the scpulcher. In Fig. 2 it showsthem to be built with concrete blocks.' The Wire' netting extending nearly or quite to the edges of the cover, thoroughly reinforces it and prevents its cracking, while the rods or pipes hereinafter described, greatly stiifen and strengthen the stock cover in its completed form.

In Fig. 4 numeral 3 designates the outer raised edge of the sepulcher Wall. This raised edge forms, vvhen the cover is placed to close the sepnlcher, the space designated by numeral 5. Said space 5 is to be filled with green cement When the sepulcher is to be sealed, as shown by numeral 6 on the left hand side in Fig. 4. 1

Numeral 7 designates an excavation in the cover, to provide a place for the inscription which the cover is intended to carry.

. This cavity 7 is to be filled With green cement and the letters impressed therein While in a semisolid condition. Thus, the

inscription can be speedily finished When ordered. For finer Work a marble plate carrying the inscription can be cemented in said space.

Numeral 8 in Fig. 1 shows how a glass block may be cemented in the cover so that them. The mold is then the interior of the sepulcher may be inspected any' time if desired.

, Numeral 9 designates 'the metallic pipes embedded. As shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4c the said pipes or rods project from the side of the cover, and can bethus usedA as handles in lifting the cover and in placing it over the sepulcher. These projections may be left straight as at 10 or may be bent over to form loops as at 11. In either case they will be embedded in the concrete when finished as at 6 and become combined handles and anchoring means. i

I claim as my invention: y

1. A grave vault cover having a Window therein, a reinforcing webbing embedded in the material of the cover and extending throughout the same and across the said Window f'or protecting the same as Well as protecting the grave vault; l

2. A grave vault cover having an inscription marker receiving recess formed therein, and an inspection and light admitting Window, a reinforcing webbing embedded 1n said cover, and extending throughout the same beneath said recess and across said WindenT for strengthening the 'cover and protecting the grave vault and Window.

In Witness whereof I affix my signature in presence of tivo Witnesses.

f HENRY B. WEIPER. In presence of- HAZEL V. MERRrLL, GEO. L. BLUM. 

